Improvement in automatic lubricators



E. VON JEINSEN. AUTOMATIC LUBRIOATOR.

No. 105,147. Patented July 5, 1870;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- ERNEST volt JEINSEN, or OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

IMPROVEMENT IN AUTOMATIC LUBRlCATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. [05,147, dated July 5, 18 70.

To all whom it may concern.- I

Be it known that I, ERNEST voN J EINSEN, of Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Automatic Lubricators; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which drawings- Figure 1 represents a longitudinal vertical section of this invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a lubricator composed of a disk which is fastened on the journal of the shaft to be lubricated, in the interior of the journal-box, and which dips into an oil-reservoir provided with a mud-box, which is separated from the main compartment of said reservoir by a screen, so that the impurities accumulating in said mud-box are prevented from coming in contact with the lubricating-disk. The oil which may be oar-' ried out on the shaft beyond the journal is conducted back into the mud-box through dripping-channels in the lower shell of the journal-box, and after the impurities mixed with such oil have become separated from the liquid and settled down in the mud-box the clear oil passes up throughthe screen and is again carried up on the journal.

In the drawings, the letter A designates a shaft which has its hearings in the box B. This box is provided with acavity, a, in which runs a disk, 0, which is mounted on the shaft A, as shown in the drawings. The lowerpart of the crvity :1 forms an oil-reservoir, and as the shaft A revolves the disk 0 takes up a quantity of oil and distributes the same on the journal of the shaft. The lower portion of the 0i1-reservoir forms a mud-box, b, which is separated from the main compartment of said reservoir by a screen, 0, of wire-gauze or other suitable material, having its bearing upon suitable projections formed with the lower box or sl1e l],and may be otherwise attachedto the same in any suitable'manner, which acts as a strainer to prevent the impurities which accumulate in the mud-box, located beneath the oil-reservoir, and'separated from the same by a screw of any suitable con struction or material, from mixing up with. the oil taken up by the disk 0. The lower shell of the box extends on both sides a short distance beyond the journal, and itis provided with two channels, (I, which extend down into the mud-box and terminate at points outside of the journal. These channels are intended to receive the oil. which may be carried out on the shaft beyond the journal, and the oil received in said channels is carried back into the mud-b0x, where the impurities mixed with it settle down, while the pure oil passes up through the screen 0 and is again carried up.

By this arrangement theby the disk 0. journal of a shaft can be lubricated without requiring any attention for a long time, and no oil is wasted. I

The mud-box is provided with a screw-plug, so that it can be conveniently cleaned from time to time.

It is obvious that this improvement is applicable to journal-boxes of any description, and particularly to hangers supporting lineshafts or countenshafts in mills or other factories.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,- is Y The 1nud-box b, formed in the lower shell of the box B, locatcd under and separated from the oil-reservoir a by a screen, 0, when co1nbined and operating in connection with the screen 0, ducts cl, and disk (3, upon the shaft A, substantially as described.

This specification signed by .me this 15th day of April, 1870.

ERNEST VON JEINSEN.-.

Witnesses:

O. D. SMITH, J OHN DAEMON. 

